In the ongoing nation-wide leadership reshuffle, the Chinese state news agency, Xinhua, announced the appointment of Wang Junzheng as the Party Secretary of the “Tibet Autonomous Region” (TAR), alongside with the appointment of six other party secretaries. One could argue that the decision to replace Wu Yingjie (b.1956), former Party Secretary of the TAR, was probably due to…
In the midst of leadership reshuffle ahead of the much-awaited once-in-a-decade leadership transition during the forthcoming 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong based English-language portal, reported on a transfer of one of the highest Tibetan party officials of the “Tibet Autonomous Region” (TAR). According to the report, Che Dalha (b.1958),…
Chinese president Xi Jinping visited the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) from July 21 to 23 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of its supposed “Peaceful Liberation of Tibet.” Though his visit came as a surprise with no official announcement, but not entirely without indication. Two official notices were issued just ahead of Xi’s visit. Lhasa municipality People’s Government issued…
China is trying hard to install the next Dalai Lama, a puppet in Communist Party’s hands, despite zero credibility. China has been leaving no stone unturned to sell its claims — through various means — in installing the next Dalai Lama despite zero credibility. They called the Dalai Lama a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and used indigestible derogatory remarks against him. However,…
In future whatever happens inside Tibet may matter for the Indian security environment and also that of Asia as well. For the past few years, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has upgraded its high-tech weapons and conducted a series of live-fire military exercises along the Himalayan borders and in Tibet. For Instance, Global Times reported on 5 January, 2020 that “China’s latest weapons…
China’s rapid 5G build-up has come to Tibet. That will have security implications for India. China today is one of the biggest spenders on research and development (R&D) in the world. In 2020, China’s spending on R&D increased by 10.3 percent to 2.44 trillion renminbi ($378 billion), accounting for 2.4 percent of its GDP. In March 2021, during the annual session of…
Chinese president Xi Jinping had just concluded a three-day inspection tour to Qinghai province in the run up to the centenary of the founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 1. Among other dignitaries Xi was accompanied by Vice Premier Liu He, Qinghai Party Secretary Wang Jianjun and executive Deputy Party Secretary Xin Changxing who is also…
The newly elected Sikyong — President of Central Tibetan Administration — Penpa Tsering said that he would work to start the Sino-Tibetan dialogue in an interview to The Week. From 2002 to 2010, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s envoys had nine rounds of talks and one informal talk with Chinese representatives. After 2010, the Sino-Tibetan dialogue remained a stalemate so far….
On 24th March, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released a logo (image below) celebrating the 100th anniversary of its foundation. However, Tibetan refugees like me who have been the victims of the CCP for generations find it hard to find much worth celebrating. The latest Freedom House report marked Tibet as the…
Expect a deluge of propaganda as the Communist Party prepares for its 100th anniversary The release last week of a white paper on Tibet is an attempt by the Communist Party of China to whitewash the ground reality through propaganda. Since the birth of the CPC, propaganda has been one of its most powerful tools. From Mao Zedong to Xi…
Dear Mr. Xi Jinping, Tashi Delek and Ni hao, I think I shouldn’t say, how are you? Because for the past few years you are sleeping with your one eye opened. I heard through the Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, that you have earned more enemies than friends, more death-wishers than well-wishers, and more fear than respect from your party…
Once I watched a Chinese movie called The Flowers of War, which depicts the horrors of war atrocities in Nanjing when Imperial Japan occupied the Chinese city in 1937. In one of the most heart-rending scenes from the movie, a Chinese woman with her hands tied was repeatedly raped by Japanese Imperial troops. In the end, a Japanese soldier stabbed her…
DHARAMSHALA: “Tibet has become a place unimaginable for people living outside China, for every step that you take and every move that you make is censored and could possibly place you in interrogation camps,” said Rigzin (name changed to protect identity) who recently arrived in India from Tibet. He recounted how the authorities there inspected everything from what was being said…
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the 1959 Tibet National Uprising Day – the Chinese military at the time brutally cracked down on Tibetan’s nationwide peaceful protests against the Chinese Communist Party’s militarily occupation of Tibet on the 10th March 1959. Subsequently, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and more than 80,000 Tibetans fled to India seeking political asylum. And…
After more than two months of reaching an agreement in principle on 30th December 2020, the negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) between the EU and China, the European Commission is still facing strong criticism and protests from the European Parliament and various rights groups. The agreement nevertheless needs an approval from both the European Parliament and the…